Polishing-brush.



unirsi) sursis PATENT onion.,

JOI-IN A. BREWER, OF JACKSON, MICHIGAN, ASSIG-NOR TO ELECTRIC SHOEPOLISI-IER COMPANY, 0F JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEWJERSEY.

POLISHINGr-BRUSI-I.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 12, 1909.

Application filed. May 8, 1907. Serial No. 372,460.

To all whom it lmay concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN A. BREWER, a`

citizen of the United States, residing, at Jackson, in the county ofJackson and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and usefulimprovements in Polishing-Brushes, and More Particularly inCombined-Brushes and Biltfers, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in combined brush and bufferespecially adapted for shoe shining or polishing machines and the like,and the primary object of the invention is to provide an improved,simple and compact combined buffer and brush, so arranged as toeffectively polish the shoe and at the same time entirely remove thedirt from the crease formed at the unction of the upper with the sole.

A further object is to provide an improved single brush construction, soarranged that a portion of the brush will engage the upper surface ofthe' shoe while another portion will engage the sides and edges of theshoe. e i

To the attainment of these ends and the accomplishment of othernew anduseful objects, as will appear, the invention consists in the featuresof novelty in the construction, combination and arrangementfof theseveral parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and shown inthe accompanying drawing illust-rating an exempliiieaton of theinvention, and in which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional View of animproved brush and buier constructed in accordance with the principlesof this invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line 2-2 of l. Fig. 8is a sectional view of a modified form of end brushing member or head.

Referring more particularly to the drawing and in this exemplication ofthe invention, the numeral 10 `designates spaced heads, which areconnected by a suitable axle or hub 11. This axle or hub is detachl ablyconnected to the heads or end members in any desired or suitable manner,preferably by means of screws or bolts 14C passing therethrough and intothe heads or end members 10. This hub or axle 11 is preferably hollow ortubular, as shown. Suitable washers 15 surround the hub or axle 11adjacent the inner face of the heads or end members 10, and thesewashers are secured against longitudinal movement on the hub or axle 1lin any desired or suitable manner, preferably by means of screws orbolts16 passing therethrough and into suitableI apertures in the hub oraxle 11, and said washers 15 serve as means for holding the buffermember in position.

The buffer member is supported by and surrounds the hub or axle 11intermediate the ends orhead members 10, and said buffer member may beconstructed of any desired or suitable material, but is preferablyconstructed of fabric 17, such as canton flannel or the like, preferablycut in the form of disks having a central aperture therethrough, bymeans of which they may be threaded upon the hub or axle 11. These disksor members may be spaced from each other Yby spacing disks or members18, constructed of any suitable material, or if desired, may beconstructed of the same mav terial of which the disks or members 18 areconstructed. When the disks or members 17 have been threaded upon thehub or axle 11, the washers or members 15 are then placed upon theaxleand a suitable number of the washers or spacing members 18 may besupplied intermediate a disk or member 17 and the washer or member 15 soas to cause the latter to clamp the disks or members 17 upon the hub oraxlell to prevent longitudinal movement thereof with respect to the axleor hub. Any desired number of these disks or members 17 may be providedto form a buffer member of the desired length, and saidbuf'fer member isof such a diameter as to project for some distance beyond the hub oraxle 11.

Secured to one face of the heads or end members 10 and projectinglaterally therefrom are brushes 19, which may be constructed of anydesired or suitable material, but preferably of bristles which are of adiderent texture or degree of flexibility than the buffer member 17.These brushes are preferably arranged so as to surround the i tionary`support vin the. usual manner.

inner face of the head or end member 10,

adjacent the periphery thereof to form an intermediate or centrallydisposed space 20.

When the 'buffer member 17 has been securedupon the hub or axle 11 inthe manner as above described, the heads or end members 10 may beattached to the respective extremity of .the hub or axle 11 by means ofthe threaded extremity 12 engaging the aperture in the plate vor Washer13, and said heads or end members are secured to the hub or Aaxle 1151isuch a manner that the laterally projecting-brushes 19 will extendtoward each other and also toward the buffer member 17. The movement oradjustment ofthe heads `toward each other is limited by .theirengagement With the Washers 15. When in position the washer or member 15Will stand within the space 2O formed by the :brushes 19 on therespective heads. or end members 10, and the diameter of the f buffer 17is such that the respective end thereof Will project slightly into thespace 20. Then thus assembled the brushes 19 will extend foi` somedistance beyond the periphery of the buffer member 17.

In use the brushes and buffer are so placed With relation .totheordinary stationary support that the buifer member 17 will `engageand rest upon the '.top ofthe vshoe ofthe operator when he places Ehis.foot upon the starlhe space Vbetween .the extremities of lthe brushes19 being somewhat Wider than the Width of the shoe 'so that .as thebrush is rotated `the Vbuffer 17 Willpolis'h the surface ofthe shoeWhile the laterally projecting brushes y'19 car ried bythe heads or endmembers 1:0 will engage .tlie sides ofthe ishoe and .the edges of thesole, and While 'the 'brush is being `rotated the operator may move hisfoot sidewise or longitudinally with -respect .to the hub or axle 11, so'asto cau-se the side brush 1:9 to engage the entire Asurface of theedge of .the shoe, vat the Sametime causing some of the :bristles toenter and remove the dirt from the .crease formed at theunction vof theupper with ithe shoe lsole.

yIn the modificationshowvn in Fig. 3 ofthe drawing the head or endmember 10 is provided 'with 'a `reduced lperip'heral .portion 121 toform ;a shoulder 22, and a suitable flexible rubbing member A23,.such ascanton ilannelor the like, is secured to .the head or end 'member v'byWrapping :a continuous strip around the shoulder 22 formed by thereduced portion 21 to such a thickness that the outerlayer thereof Will`stand substantially flush with the periphery of the head or end member10. This rubbing member 23 may be secured to the head in any desired orsuitable manner such as by means of a strip of iexible material 24,which surrounds the periphery of the hea-d or end member 10, and is ofsuch a Width as to slightly overlap the adjacent edge of the rubbingmember 23, and said strip 24e is held in position preferably by means ofnails 25 which pass therethrough and into the head or end member 10, andby additional nails or screws 26 which pass through the flexible member24, the flexible member .23 and into the shouldered portion 22 :of thehead or .end member 10. Vhen so desired, .the heads or end members 10carrying` the brushes or bristles 9 may be detached from the hub or axle11, and the modified form of head or end member shown in Fig. 3 With therubbing member 23 secured thereto, may be substituted therefor, and whenso sub stituted the washers or members 15 together with ,therespective-ends lof the buffer member 17 Will stand Within the space 27 .formedbythe shouldered port-ion of the head or end member 10 and thesurrounding flexible member 23.

In order that the invention might be fully understood by vthose skilledin the art., the .details of the foregoing embodiment thereof have beenthus Yspecifically described, but

IVhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

In a brush, the combination of an axle, a polishing member comprising aplurality of pieces of fabric threaded upon the axle, the ends of theaxle projecting beyond the fabric, Washers surroundingthe ends of theaxle beyond the fabric for clamping the fabric pieces together, meansfor securing the Washers against longitudinal displacement with relationto the axle, heads secured to the extremit-ies of the axle beyond thewashers. said heads being of a larger diameter than the diameter of thefabric pieces, and bristles secured to the inner faces of .the heads,said bristles surrounding the Washers and projecting toward each otherand extemling beyond the ends of the polishing member.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses, on this `rftth day of May, A. D.1907.

JOHN A. BREER.

lVitnesses NATHAN E. BAILEY, CHAS. E. ToWNsnND.

